Kirkconnel Hall Hotel

From the outside the hotel looks closed, not one bit appealing. Went in the side door and it was full of bags of stuff, quite smelly. The room was just ok, wet stains on the ceiling and light shade. Damp stains on the bathroom walls. The bed was clean. From our window we overlooked a fireplace graveyard. Didn’t stay for breakfast.

To say it was a waste of money is an understatement, the room was freezing with no control over the heat, if someone else turned a tap on it sounded like something out of a horror film. To say quiet, they must be deaf the 3am frieght train says differntly. As for the breakfast, toast was great, that's it, the rest was abysmal. Not sure where the room is on the pictures because ours didn't look like that. When turning the TV on I was shocked to see it was in colour, it looked that old. Simple miss advertisement, over priced, lovely building has been overshadowed by owners greedy pockets. In simple save yourself the misery and book a travellodge.

We decided last minute to do a quick trip to Scotland this weekend to pick up supplies of Scottish bread, steak pies, lourne sausage and a few other bits and found this place on the web whilst driving up. What a find, a beautiful old building, beautiful and well kept, an amazing welcome from the couple that run the place and a great night’s sleep followed be a great breakfast. This place is a perfect location just off the motorway. Highly recommended if you are visiting the area!!!

The Kirkconnel is very easily found from the A74(M), as being brown signed from the roundabout. The aesthetics were good on arrival as love old buildings. The entrance was eclectic. Despite having a a confirmation webpage, an email confirmation, reference number and a second email with check in details, there was no rooms available at all. So just double, triple your booking before travelling, especially if travelling a long distance because there was nothing else local

What a wonderful resting spot after a day of travel from the States. A cool and clammy day outside was relieved by a warm fire in the fireplace and great conversations around the crackling hearth with fellow travelers from Germany and Scotland. The local brews and ciders were an added touch and the rooms were modern, clean and spacious. Check out the extensive antiques collection just off the exquisite dining room where we had a tasty breakfast before heading further north.

OK, so it’s not the Ritz. But I think that many of the negative reviews on here might not be so bad if people had realistic expectations. This place is quirky, REALLY QUIRKY!! Yes, it’s really quite odd. For us, we liked it very much though we understand that it will not be to everybody’s taste. It’s very much Fawlty Towers meets Steptoe and Son. John the owner is extremely friendly and helpful, though calling him a hotelier is a bit of a stretch. The building is beautiful but in need of a little TLC. The ceilings and light fixtures are really lovely. There’s a‘ballroom’ filled to the rafters with bric-à-brac and antiques. There’s quite a bit of junk but also some really lovely and interesting stuff. I see on here that it’s £170 per night to book and if I paid that, I’d be disappointed too, however you can book this on Google for between £70 and £80 per night, (reasonable). We didn’t stay in the hotel this time, but on our next trip to Lockerbie we will be checking in.